Collection, 1880-1940.

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McKenzie, R. Tait (Robert Tait), 1867-1938. Collection, 1880-1940.

Title

Collection, 1880-1940.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122365701

Abstract

The collection of R. Tait McKenzie document the entire span of his career, as physician, as educator, and as sculptor. The Papers series include the correspondence of R. Tait McKenzie, 1880-1938; Ethel McKenzie's papers regarding the estate settlement, 1938-1940; the business and financial records of McKenzie, 1893-1938; personal records, 1907-1936; professional organization and clubs, 1912-1938; University of Pennsylvania files, 1900-1938; lectures and speeches, 1884-1938; writings and manuscripts, 1891-1938; published reprints, 1882-1938; clippings and scrapbooks, 1880-1939; and books and printed ephemera, 1915-1925, n.d. The photographic series contains prints, lantern slides, glass negatives, and photo engraving blocks. Exhibition documentation, works on paper, and plaster casts, studies, and proofs represent the Art series. The Memorabilia and Oversized series fill out the collection. The Correspondence subseries detail the full range of career interests of R. Tait McKenzie including art, athletics, physical education, anatomy, medicine, and physical therapy. Major correspondents include: Marquis de Aberdeen, Burdick Cabinet Company, Stuart Campbell, William J. Cromie, William Henry Drummond, Lea and Febiger, Sir Andrew Macphail, William O. Partridge, Edward R. Peacock, George P. Pilling, Samuel Scoville, Lord Seaforth, Harvey Smith, and Benton Spruance. The Professional Organizations and Clubs in which he participated are also documented in the collection. They include the Academy of Physical Medicine, the American Olympic Association, the American Physical Education Association, American Posture League, Art Club, Athenaeum, British Great War Veterans of America, Canadian Club, Charakaa Club, Commission for the Study of Educational Problems, Contemporary Club of America, English Speaking Union, Fencer's Club, Lenape Club, Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania, Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference, National Amateur Athletic Federation of America, National Collegiate Association, National Physical Education Association, National Sculpture Society, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Playgrounds Association of America, St. Andrews Society, St. George Society, Scottish-American Memorial Association, Society of Directors of Physical Education in Colleges, T-Square Club, and the YMCA. The University of Pennsylvania subseries best documents his interests in physical education and physical therapy. The curriculum and education theories promoted by McKenzie are reflected in his departmental correspondence, 1900-1928. Information on the Council of Athletics, 1921-1924, as well as the various activities of the department may be found here. McKenzie maintained files in annual reports, athletics demonstrations, boxing, courses, examinations, finances, football, the gymnasium, his sabbatical, student statistics, and apparatus design. In addition, the University's participation in the Association of American Colleges and the formation of the Gates plan are present in this subseries. McKenzie's Lectures and Speeches subseries and his Writings and Manuscript subseries mirror the interests McKenzie maintained throughout his life. His earlier papers focus on medicine and gradually come to include physical education. His latter papers reflect his art career. The Photographic and Art series document his work in sculpture and relief. Included are plaster casts, studies, and proofs of McKenzie's Sculptures and medallions.

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48 Cubic ft.

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University of Pennsylvania, Archives & Records Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 6691574

University of Pennsylvania, Archives & Records Center

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University of Pennsylvania.

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The Department of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania was part of the Towne Scientific School until 1920, when a separate School of Fine Arts was established, teaching architecture and other fine arts. Teaching staff and courses of instruction of the Towne Scientific School, Department of Architecture were listed in the Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania. The School of Fine Arts published its teaching staff, regulations, courses of study, competitons and, in some years, curre...

Scoville, Samuel, 1872-

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Athenaeum Club (London, England)

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Lea and Febiger.

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Contemporary Club of America.

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Pilling, George

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Cromie, William J.

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Albert P. Crary worked as a geophysicist and oceanographer. From the guide to the The reminiscences of Albert P. Crary, 1962., 1962, (American Philosophical Society) ...

American Olympic Association

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University of Pennsylvania. Lenape Club.

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Smith, Harvey

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Y.M.C.A.

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Peacock, Edward C.

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National Physical Education Association.

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Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania

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National Sculptural Society.

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National Amateur Athletic Federation of America.

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Scottish American Memorial Association.

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McKenzie, R. Tait (Robert Tait), 1867-1938

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R. Tait McKenzie, physician, physical therapist, physical educator, and sculptor served the University of Pennsylvania as its first Professor of Physical Education, 1904-1929. Born in 1867, McKenzie spent his youth in Almonte, Ontario, Canada. He entered McGill University at the age of eighteen earning both his undergraduate degree and his M.D. degree (1892). His childhood friend, James Naismith, encouraged McKenzie to pursue interests in physical training, and McKenzie ...

Drummond, William Henry, 1854-1907

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Canadian Club

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Associazione artistica internazionale indipendente (Art Club)

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Society of Directors of Physical Education in Colleges

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National Collegiate Association.

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Academy of Physical Medicine.

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Charakaa Club.

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Commission for the Study of Educational Problems.

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Burdick Cabinet Company.

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Partridge, William Ordway, 1861-1930

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Sculptor, author, and poet; Saratoga, N.Y. From the description of William Ordway Partridge papers, 1887-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122404180 William Ordway Partridge was a sculptor and member of the Society of American Sculptors. From the description of William Ordway Partridge letter, 1905 Dec. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613316809 Born in Paris, France, Partridge attended Columbia University and studied in Europe. He lectured at Colum...

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